From group-admin@isc.org Tue May 5 07:45:11 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894378603.2542@isc.org> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 14:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNU8ibMJdOtO4janBAQE6wQQAl3OTX+fz4TlHkSzIrn/1am42uMuI4ztI wlYX8YCFGxqit5H5iUAsnAvmbnvEjt1YgVSAushOWcpm85+4rVxnk8FnIVwu9u44 uFnwLT+z92QOn4a2Q15Lpl0e9FwxiflwcAhFwkvxfjY61FfjiP12Fy869/SAylZg hdTnswqjy80= =uC4u Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19467 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Tue May 5 13:45:10 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894400202.3818@isc.org> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 20:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNU92y8JdOtO4janBAQHr2wQAgftFQIvs/98ep9urmZv+m2LY7owwh+Vx ix7UVz6EcDlgmOAgCCbrx2ifFRKk9os8vls4/dspQnH7RAEzoR4z8CRyMj8lW5YX hYLrlAkv6zufB70Al2GW5dKZZJ9UWQUMY+9JVVURBQl84hGwhE/RM8GX8Y45xvql u3m734TeKe8= =ZnWs Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19477 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed May 6 07:45:12 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894465003.8292@isc.org> Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 14:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNVBz68JdOtO4janBAQHlsgP/bXa82Ih3BxZQ9xN5t7pR+IalfV/T6poE J7ftbvffjmAVymh+DKcmDcGwiKT+9WcYprnoWBU9lB5n1MeH0xxu2e3IWKnZMYTr rcHIiaKekNystkgKcNzKfnJhJMNUENJulQ3dFkaajVbyDOvhS+hzdjrr2BjCyO4u +EBttpb3t74= =Z6h4 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19490 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Tue May 12 07:45:08 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <894983403.15693@isc.org> Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 14:30:03 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNVhc68JdOtO4janBAQG0tQP/XcvPORtzNyFVpQDg/hEzv6JiQMgkXrO+ Cv4ZuMK6VFDgMrj90FoVzWcvKBSA2UbllWNQtiwUSisBPraNC9PRnWUr2Q8KS48h EZlaUkHztdzFPu4WqfdOvtd/9jk38HYc3cpfo6f7zmazCai584gMADtLu8AinI/i Z0aclk13mko= =bFWZ Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:19718 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sun Jun 7 19:15:42 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <897057001.3968@isc.org> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 14:30:01 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNXgA6cJdOtO4janBAQEnUQQAj3w+Y12qqkPbQBbLu0AoulCCumilD4fE svdbV35VF2zT2m1gDAjnTEWjpA6P/PPu9vigLu0P9oRQYuvU/tmPDTkVI2n8vxme rif2OPmo6i0Zd0NXjZL8RNW7a+yzQW1gJqPtNlGr63tFTVlMFZTmqywknjkSwac+ 9mBeofDOpF0= =Bk3m Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:20870 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. 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From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat Aug 29 05:31:18 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <16EPU3HWE.vaUZOm@uunet.uu.net> Organization: The Cabal Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:13:56 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.wli.net!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 20 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:25212 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 51:41 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 05:49:30 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <1uqMXttOL.GHeF@isc.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:21:53 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender rXc4l7h6dWH_9PjRXcV8ORxkTdA5N8Kgq5gxAKl33K0sVPwqlcMirnd7wIEY9bt7 0sg7t76ySlS3kIEYLI7rYuPbaneYyGaker1eLgN12CEiiSrMCE1syT1JiJLT9tNE kcxyCm8jIX1N3K4u1EyLhsmldtVU7UHu8Jb4r7PBBCKZYeM02s9QQlRySUIkcnmc dnpANcRYFkY= =VNHs X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 9 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:25707 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 97:48 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 09:59:22 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 03:01:33 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender c4bjfn_TAF8AcpQQahLG91fJtPEyHQl_6fFS4J8FU4AzKl3j1oIg0Ew1kilkhd_V Ko5xsRYqpF0BtXNhE7Z8V7Om94jWmqPf8dTsJae049xT3VXx6Ja0grvclMLUoZft xvL3guFs7NlyLo54VJdWSkHainV78x2WvxE2YVd6pd33xZsQod6jBdd_HRCJgoMG FSLbKQ6zl_u= =kx6Z X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:30618 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 344:13 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 10:48:10 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:35:24 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender Cr0_L7jxoD23pqX5XGBIk65RF8T1ajFHVcyXVLGZroEpBi0ZsSUKC3grJyGeVhnk zojOOvNDLIw8gep3abffT_ylswXvm1RM7KEvOwW0URHfIIfsK4E7C9lPpNccRvVD ybTEwythMVSIIACiWbb8feaFtb07ljLWzn0JI3ghzPN49ZIkUo9L3ERm1fijz3VV GEDGu9ldkdz= =WZa6 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!206.229.87.25!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 9 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:31524 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 112:36 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat Aug 29 14:59:18 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:12:32 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntp.giganews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 21 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:35978 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 261:38 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 17:21:22 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:23:46 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender Q40qu8Jhx9mfGIbHcRbdbWYRDwoCo8PGxdl5mElEADfYnuydkfKkV5AV6IXW6rB0 JYDM2Z8OLUXetgo21VpMud9wBWgIRfGCIfBnDjJSWFzv2TyCcjOy4lONQ9ZRouwm JPzpXC7abQpUqwn5Vrv5NudoCj7bGva6pJqaCpyo7w7hlPmtrHoaVtd2ZFY_W1Dc Qm9MEakbxeC= =mGj8 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:37974 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 311:18 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 18:20:43 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:59:49 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender nH0HqZ6gyxZoCgjSeZ3hg_HRJgX0d4TVVTpMz22fLEw4NZD1HCDQIW5Z7ZChBvTX NwcESbrVx1ldtWVlAkHS8VHTQiTwktqvBs6EfaFk8RUCKm6pwXYX5VmRYECgeq_V NxuJQ0RgWJHYVKtNbE1W83MECu8qdZI_C5uSXNHtDingRUj8UzmagznkZSBjIafU Pmg_22W4pF4= =9e1r X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!206.229.87.25!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:39475 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 300:57 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 18:26:14 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:13:47 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender DdIh8WwsDAAEmPpvyz4KeCiAOea49wHuLlNQ2TvFtl_cr8j5jEz6NnV5QJ4c0OdH s3668hRPhD0UmLuZEyr3nXAiFfXIPZH0GQkE9e7a3Wnlgr1uF8p4A9QgJ3eU7wxb Q9kPpdcwj8to6Kkf2AbJ24AczFiqHrcIDY9y9ViKHnV7CP42fad6U5cQ1SW1AEwH S82NbiBe88I= =WhS7 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:39621 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 58:52 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 19:23:17 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 03:58:41 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender ncbJemXsSogGa6hWaZBf1oR1C_DJfgwEqAjZajHtOpBrOAyo0xqMCSih15Hrb0KA bfE0_2R8jqF1ihYnIkJB5aafk1Q7wpS_lOThjdpRMhp5k5SxVJwVBKrWQ772aXQJ Shgs8rrepsLHSRvVNiNVKurplPE_ibrI1_Ls_PHZao35iRnjH04exr3kzWMX7_82 WMWyA3UjSaP= =G1wm X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:41095 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 207:27 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 19:38:56 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer-europe.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:48:28 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender CIofJM4wbKxturLZjoHuFdf6XXA0wLdC4QeiydGJK5eyAQjMzJ5W8jpFJMnQCrW0 c1fdxvXzmVENYo7RSMhTNBKxaPRmfvfZvLicGxFbA1v59pyGwGCgRybI4w1jUuFu PRTLDBtuaxGTHm6AzNof62xz_HPD9DHwNlCN58Tk3FBIj7vxUMK9e_rCS3Gw5qsI ZxE91G8PB6q= =u3wG X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:41501 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 284:48 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 19:46:21 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 05:24:52 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender pKhaH_SHxPK3w1bndGLnx7yFdTBtdNoVNrQRSNVtPZfJzTxcEUdrdBZ2nzJNUcfr gJiWgIGrJpmuOCo5vF6SnSHD1PImnw_g18cYXlEFIxjYWo6X2XgYpuoR_GVBqMGo us0sw71hXS6u0q4pNem6GMipzfrmevrMjS0KDOODlqF61mgmCvCP3bIsWspm3khP oM8TUwRyCAh= =wK2E X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:41694 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 160:22 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 20:13:56 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:39:22 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender zgPoMwO9L6Eawc61Jmlht94vGVU0yprd1qILth0QWqR8svYCxniLpeswTCkk_ISa ThuCM2oaTcgiRYr2ashis4DCiR_7Ev_LEfHg7p7i6FuySVMZOtbYdZFQBw9D6w2b aPdFrT_1z7dHQX0CQDK6vcxiXH9NQc1a0SZLFHHaemPegLjULomgFjOBdBGhMKul YDnyUTDQqbm= =y2yE X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:42399 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 226:45 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 26 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 20:33:36 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:39:44 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender JnmWB3k7snSQJ6RmTp5WvMwp0J2aeBnXe2ex2cE4feHshtzJqu0HC96ssLTi9ruY mQ1UHDjxDkyPeUKC4RgWA52YsPEfAY7rktflsnf84nV5YXzVkMXX6UdHaBjlb43p mkThygbk0MtBV20ZpbCh9uS_AE92dV3mXeIhp3NwqM29KrWcdONvAJ5SrdDdcfpK YahhMP0hl6D= =JGNP X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:42895 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 172:34 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Aug 29 20:50:29 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-nyc.telia.net!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 02:54:53 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender 1kQqqvBc5Wn4Z24QluUUZcNa6g9Yf3s9SGASaUuzSt4T9HFfY47NbMYmgjLtCVnm MXeLeCWomcp0_tB45iqCumravuJcHJjmAWgzLNt17251MtnnhiEKqUWE6GrfUXs2 avhDXBw47Me4S2238WcEFTNEs2uyUXno86jC_w4_o5WaMLAvrGHgsQvNlUNwCsFQ E3oBav2999M= =dPnn X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:43306 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 176:29 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Aug 30 03:28:51 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:34:32 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 20 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:51888 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 239:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 03:40:39 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:49:58 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender NJOcVeVnZd5PTnZnFE0j4IZjzoaBqvLLHrPhu1iLcZtvGM1hLOaaOWZa1SX0oNQk S7Ot_vLqlm19NpJGC7GCawFYWs5ILqGjqT3rhdzuH6WjTcj9SQe7dWdteXjf9Jsv RU6TyYANZKBP_yq1pcfAl66T9bPF37dapDPR_QIHWCILO51Gy54b82YKcqMlCcn1 fUhOaPiQWRd= =EquR X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:52182 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 190:12 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 03:58:05 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 02:33:56 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender vtaX5mZ6m0k27mX6KQCn8ptypxcsRlZQWhrZ2s_MtzqrkuOMxvrXHfrOYkDJw3kn 1LufXmORvX6D9tpbJcdlAxVYzech09Pz6TDVlrfWRliB_p4VBS0MJfKVYJq2F0lw TpWVnHFRjRz3xw3yanAw25RzSXEjeyTq6Yn5OiDIYcsGaVu9eid97MFjpyPnnJMW 4juIzykXOT4= =xZCK X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:52594 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 97:22 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 04:45:28 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:16:29 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender tdtxNpBQeKy74iI8eOfJUtVoQHsFHWS1n0Tdvwdn_2zp_p3RcWKjojvRpOURjTW2 _MFsTnjj_MH1o9zU3AeyeQdCZYOIsttJ50QuGFOjxRGsTVkTFOeNtgIjSjzQKcIP ySs1nCfb4pwsvpfYVAA3Rt2W9VROFHDw9sYMin29OLi2Lu11ZLg4H83LyntRp251 LK35ID3CJBt= =9db0 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:53640 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 67:15 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Aug 30 22:16:25 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:17:04 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender l6AZnbRBgmFbktMmlSrXqAOGe2V0RyptIgJZbSFiLRRGdVh5nviflTowhliByrFG rerY_rKAO1XnUCYmexaYbC2OXeyT4NZDX1K6yyHl7AOAZ2R77zj5zDyP9dJ8fJsb rS5gSMGCEv5uwyPBJwXQIKlbVPwQewlbF1A2Iv4oQe13PmqEIkYCOvDPL2xSBD0N Etoze2he5aJ= =Iuz9 X-No-Archive: Yes Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!decwrl!nntp2.crl.com!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.hyperion.com!news Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:54709 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 58:52 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 28 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Mon Aug 31 12:10:43 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <904590104.24783@isc.org> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 19:01:44 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNerzGMJdOtO4janBAQHh2AP+LWvAO4BZHtxUy+TR3T3jr7DLMp6kB7SD f+WQtNyLwSuwI9ll2rjP23NtAu1E957evggvDbD8Y7LptBs9folDxtBW6SHr/ZD0 i/cFSh/sm/01qMslFTP8ZXxpxAUrbMt0lEQfD0YRv+C3NlqZXVDy/fUN9xxwZ4rk 2727LU9rSyA= =hUbA Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:54903 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Mon Aug 31 18:22:17 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <904612536.715@isc.org> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 01:15:36 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNetKucJdOtO4janBAQH7pQQAhUGmgBbOOAwq6q8kuiJcT5UOXPMluBe4 aVukZ+t+j4OzuyjcWAla7XbBaz2mpKDGGs5DHH6KMoF5Ce1eRgPyihavh37jCTaM 0pLu53nQQQ+QUy8zbDNL9sT/5fkw0DC7BhLc8xKZf1w/mgPw4qfWuYAfwLP8HP5H K3wb/DDAO8Y= =foYY Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:55213 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Sep 2 05:47:55 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:40:46 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender ocHAQPzYqUoxHb9Tzg_gstlvC9H80lhrUPlGRFkGJrsneEEsyrR4iTr5BHtdIgkd jlzTqyjxecpOg5tj7EpqE1qHFF9uiaFA66lLdU9g7Hqp8QUwkenjqvOuawyiq48S zxJkIt7SyvfvoU9SfZvM9fcqh6UbtEyOzv9R4rwoljsXNhU0qA3XfpyMd8j6Hbmt jJpGfXPvhaW= =Gdp3 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:60597 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 115:51 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 27 Aug 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Wed Sep 2 08:30:46 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <904749936.22767@isc.org> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:25:36 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNe1jcMJdOtO4janBAQEz8gP/TGoRLT5ui6zLEclubC4PYFIbGX+tvamL 4EtwCMPzo/hcCnFMhg5iwbVj7WfKa3yfj+deY4uTs5RyhcMHLWMb1Ryg/SbAh2IE chZviebs3KFLVHffU2V0SAagscHAKzQvTrdVJ0uoVLtvu3GP+7lV5e4otf4f/onY KANm4xcQdLs= =j6o+ Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:60866 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Sep 2 14:45:23 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <904771809.24475@isc.org> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 21:30:09 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNe244cJdOtO4janBAQHVDQP/egBEuEupjYdQeLk++Vm0KEHloZkexYW1 iM6fAzgmODgRJS1UKAdqD1O7toVOPJqsKHCIV2jDVvzyo90Y6R1nQmYLw0U3iWt9 1llY9HnrgLHL38zpZCP4SxD0+x5mgmhfuHZ9YAg3hdBipJUJmNF4h9mBKWD49CUL 7bAITrBpeK0= =XhGI Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:60979 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Thu Sep 3 05:46:07 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 00:12:19 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender J1xUqU2SuRLVQwVGB6SHbaFl8A60Fx71LmTIjaqTaMTV4sIk2dfVyaEWok6y0g7n StiWHa_yaEsfOkLeQsPGCa6E8F8PBhD6F1gynSGsdkfvUc1yCZ2nxAhlcze9tsvi Niqzc4OkPnsF9xw9ZKqQc5aIjRTYJFmbcwPquZb9YqGVSUTNmzp60vKjH_j8Lazg WjiKImc7bqy= =AJ7S X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:61055 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 154:48 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 3 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Thu Sep 3 12:03:31 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:12:54 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender NOELqCLkHxYCqOfXiOGuYGRwjkwMu2PQ6e2Q7Msbe3Tq3DjLW7bcVyTuCpZhgR13 okFByB319ECqadKe9n9KDa_DlMxSh1tvrQUYqLgFNGTVLq3HTd8QBKvqMNYCvLQF pzzN8vY7N6oc3_w_uZXYGePyNzY9jBoBDRwHBdoD3R0YgwjkeEFfUzFTvWH8lvrz J6ZbYp2JS52= =csYR X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:64870 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 332:53 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Thu Sep 3 12:08:14 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 00:33:52 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender gn_uDonGYiWzE8fa0_XZjVgJHBJ3BBnSLqnBknkUTErYfZD1RS9jQGoXr3_jc9Rr M7rgkS1nOYjRxuQYJ_JD2WHrY_NbBGb0SVNHGG_bUrmXq8Kg7VkQU61GgZnKpejJ zx3qFGJKcTaMmuvCQKZVEwdL1DLwNdbHN6h4u16pi0WjsEc30_Gh0d3QpEb1y7vF LYOsUhM8VL1= =SZOM X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:64978 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 349:25 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 3 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Thu Sep 3 13:18:47 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.axxsys.net!news-nyc.telia.net!masternews.telia.net!newspost.telia.com!stena.com!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 05:35:20 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender 18puZpzIATafIg7rYQqGY3i1ZMpR9E8_Ozi3p8gNvOQYuShuzj6sC_JgvGectpqG 5qW_oJJuQ7Q6XOvNXr8t_G2NODHOBQd1xDin6UExMDNtudBfkqdMqnIWEvrLBi43 iFPSImLkwmQfTKEjoA95tiV1KbW8HeLsl3JzYuBfpceu4WaoTV64hEMBn2_9nAfH mFWTQsTalGu= =J5DT X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:66644 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 310:59 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Sep 6 18:33:19 1998 Path: news.isc.org!news.stanford.edu!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!WWW1.relcom.ru!kiae!relcom!dream-news!news!news From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:25:29 GMT Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ttc.ryazan.ru X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender UEmJcU7hAWFMkariDeAi0_Fz7_H78Shh3RAjat3ybm8CDjyqsdvvEKUlZHmv8Sl7 nn4zjX7m2TlFA0AxmSgIDdMmJLyLK9xWPhyfKCNIjMGD2XjjjKAIJqH6pfTNOTDR xIOrh9xOgvAtZ1OGPQBJ0U0ovsGgvTDJ380ofnPZl5B9LB5Ws7r3Z9LcBW0Sj09h TtHO0EKXnxV= =V2cT X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:67377 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 65:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 4 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Mon Sep 7 12:22:25 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <905195736.18449@isc.org> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 19:15:36 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNfQw2MJdOtO4janBAQGwIQQAkibAo9vYRmobvYjLotE+1S3yCjYiyOcJ IY4a2cInSHMXiADs2evwbIHk8eYyJ2N270hu934LIBnJTbTTFWoKFPtz0L0blNUr KSPpuLldsMYMw/0HtOcuIRQSuTKtD/EQ8JUz4hv2wcwfs7rG73mhkBxGdUurf6uz uWBtVnhdxWs= =Kv1y Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:67694 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Sep 9 09:15:59 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <905355009.3968@isc.org> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:30:09 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCUAwUBNfafAcJdOtO4janBAQFMggP3QhY59qqLKAD6f40PkPRTmBFwRrTdY/RU z2F/oXEULQjly7GxgLfLAVyuABhKs2/BCPTk3PcOWV0Ksv3fc0ixQg2CABgOHmVp NkXNfNbbJlFJThJDzzaevsFNQ/LxZOGrXci4edgrqBdiZlsKZJa+ZtE7TLC2gUIl Xk8X6SDZsQ== =c1Tr Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:68348 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Sep 9 19:10:21 1998 Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net.nz!news.wlg.netlink.net.nz!fish.govt.nz!nobody From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 01:57:27 GMT X-Pgp-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender 1GLvl2mTyZLbgivrIR1N9ryPBsrYgEwsFh6rkmpT1PNIAdaktLFlpbKaVRxVMpzh 5587u9DUm6kD2Tu8p5cFfbDiXIen3PVLnXAfSoPf7nZncxMdkMwYL_re3e6K0Ytw yzT0bpki6gzDcWHE1z0ZK9pVuM1e2YWUylaiTKu7cS1AmYzoE8drWfeR_WgAzIEU HoqDqkYMTiA= =fiAn X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README Lines: 8 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:68530 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 79:43 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Sep 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Sep 13 18:42:39 1998 Path: news.isc.org!news.stanford.edu!dent!newsgate.duke.edu!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!not-for-mail From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender r10cTvY4FVOtLbE303XBGZdPHSn5QRH0SmCbjGLGCmNvJ8sUtIiqDUCFGVME_ztf s3UP3otwW6X6GDeG0m9pJ7Qv3o0A_AiacITBoi5ICQUIdwNxWhuKYGL11ZV9zh0j I_bEa7_1gJO6ZG6LRUaISQhyieknglSKDH4X6J9TEoJd5CgXD3KmHsUyJoP4oI4B NoHSBrbGKg9= =9MMZ X-No-Archive: Yes Lines: 8 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 02:41:14 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.75.176.99 X-Trace: news.itd.umich.edu 905729375 207.75.176.99 (Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:29:35 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:29:35 EDT Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:73102 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 344:0 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 14 Sep 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Sep 19 09:32:02 1998 Path: news.isc.org!uunet!in4.uu.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!cyclone.news.idirect.com!island.idirect.com!news3.sprint-canada.net!news1.tor.metronet.ca!newsmaster!not-for-mail From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:23:56 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ts9l4.pathcom.com X-Trace: newsmaster.pathcom.com 906213729 20314 209.112.16.152 (19 Sep 1998 14:02:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pathcom.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 1998 14:02:09 GMT X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender 7lvjhKv26XsnhAOzD53kTxbpCFj2QU7aKT3iOFjANartu4C2OO5iM0S_FajIdt1n lIKYKUfamksPMVrX5aJDc0HmqUGmZT7HLAYfbrnhp8jtN_D2G6bBSkppaMAMPkjM TztHbLwbNB59EgfjbxFPqDlRmXRm9lm4cD2bfjoNq6XkABt5P2K12vUFMPkcLD0M 5EYlbI6M4_g= =k5ax X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:75299 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 237:5 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Sep 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Fri Sep 25 16:21:27 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:21:57 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender QvFjB8ZMK44P6rHN0qzDOscOnm38XdgimZywzhp5PaIlo8VKTndxAadsoj0OHwiN OWOiP8JMrESYwsxPbxRcMmV2ANtY1YGzXAkqq0t1lzJOqrlvmVe6Vs5aExEeGc5p hyo1OGNcnlf4M5bgFsES_AMNDqFwELDSsEe7rZyUCw4aZyfgQOS7tw9eOVkReuHq 7SG9kxy3y1L= =Z8ng X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cust-211.ilnk.com Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-nyc.telia.net!newsfeed.axxsys.net!dca1-feed3.news.digex.net!digex!news.ilnk.com!cust-211.ilnk.com Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:81666 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 204:16 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 23 Sep 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Wed Sep 30 16:20:14 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <0IKYj2qEV.yyeg@isc.org> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:12:32 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender N4SubBRiW6hiTYwMGJHYn3UOGsqpL23fvxTVYFl3I1sJAFQ86tnMmdDg52KNAbxZ 3WfFAHZzIGZjd0Ra2BQy_cE4gZPORz5texLP8QJ3BXlmWw2lLtBfo9sFRrHShOZp EmxGUr09z_uXn_AbKfsnRp_IHPah6L0Ay1ROjQ6GbRC1fJJSzSjKzHIcFQK6GM4U a5q3_VMAQX9= =9DUa X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: gate.stueken.de X-NNTP-Posting-Host: gate.stueken.de X-Trace: 30 Sep 1998 22:23:22 +0100, gate.stueken.de Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!news.stanford.edu!Cabal.CESspool!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.dpn.de!news-out1.du.gtn.com!news-in2.du.gtn.com!news.teuto.de!linteuto.teuto.de!gate.stueken.de Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:88262 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 342:5 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Sep 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Wed Oct 7 09:42:58 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <907773981.16258@isc.org> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:26:21 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNhuIHcJdOtO4janBAQFrGwP+PTeCn8zjY/fzCwTVFmAF4tg2EkE/ghSa A0MjqLB6ivDlnZ/WC0lRy5E+KnTcp8mO3PVE2PYEH8VwyLpPJbojs485aOHlItcD DeJS/5BGHpjFPmiLpTPgx1OKbsNxn2dhjTtXem0sjdIMYiQq7OlwX84ntUfGPEr9 PLQXj/UGSqU= =pN7p Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:89872 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Oct 7 15:51:08 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <907795944.25939@isc.org> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 21:32:24 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNhvd6MJdOtO4janBAQHNDQP/TmG0BlGaCpx092vvchJYF2qzGmuZac7f zueoIcySwOKYACOA/Kdphf2fOeWy9F2WopDNaM0MkKktFR8BaPlhvC4PqjRzaWXm Yv4HMfCNhOJHFn2lBVfFbzWRQ5PdKyghTuVrO7d4AXJK6C2bh12h2CjREQqdxFfb hUOEby7lR78= =ZLuv Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:90435 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Oct 7 21:12:07 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <86znpMHXS.WVeE@isc.org> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 01:20:10 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender 0Bqi7DOwTb7aYn6hkiERLTwiN7sFJCHVQaPdb0Xgjiqz7Bs1S0XOfoQyajfA8i9n 7XqEcNhxytB_DEHumcJvQEFcUHSvbFKYCthg6GDJj0S_XlWS6rwcNqhYYY7sfrrI mnosQtTLjTBv_qppRx9I1OjFRV2IYZZ5uB5d0JwgAWyCqtLkjpBZB2Hd9EY12Kzq Af2J9CIzdpu= =ngRS X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: ras04.ras.sbg.ac.at Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!news.stanford.edu!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsfeed03.univie.ac.at!03-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.sbg.ac.at!ras04.ras.sbg.ac.at Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:92361 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 303:23 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Wed Oct 7 22:54:45 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <907819968.24347@isc.org> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:12:48 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNhw7wMJdOtO4janBAQHXKgP7B4lnh6hX6Oajp40yj0j2Dd4lQ7fztbf/ p4UyRE10Pcmb69oFbr3Gn0Gy/xS3r0xJH17Uim/h8wQ0fDFlbaW5n7J8b0DBHQDC 2w0Cwu0G+s1koDA/XQ/Ryz0u6pnwHQfCSfZZOYNC0zxzkn3f90XWAzeU1AYU5ABk fC1mlzCPZ+o= =3kwr Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:92848 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Thu Oct 8 04:40:20 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <907841722.5635@isc.org> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 10:15:22 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNhyQusJdOtO4janBAQFxNQP+NLLweqPEI/gLeYBqR5VhsZhw26uZnL1/ ysLUnog2Ydtf3i+Lo2DQIH3w4yB4YyvUNZoNzlY9gbgWWGCkVz7LG8IX5tCTa6q/ WRFuRLiP9NGrRpnFb7SLqGhPSLBsMtFAum0WHc2XOEz6tkdoEM78rziUv4ekAw56 taee6PpOvhE= =an6M Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:93165 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Thu Oct 8 08:18:13 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 00:35:28 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender pgHuIZ1lB1LK4oJOJLOQGz0NDuChHmH2KKmZGWiHEUMaMmoJIXz1sA876xB_VAPT JkP8jCozgvTvCJtxc6eEHbBiDLaZibKhea8tB93KADZ1RamxAcr61jAEX3HrCWsq xCjzEI4OaP1vYx27TVT7dILFj80bUPu9a0b6LUEjW_kLKXjYgFYP8IKW5tUaD_iQ G5_oPsl7Iau= =YQAj X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: ras04.ras.sbg.ac.at Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newshub.northeast.verio.net!btnet-peer!btnet!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsfeed03.univie.ac.at!03-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.sbg.ac.at!ras04.ras.sbg.ac.at Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:94359 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 90:35 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 7 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Thu Oct 8 21:50:03 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <907864229.4199@isc.org> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 16:30:30 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNhzopsJdOtO4janBAQHesQP/WPeSXINH0rjtFm8oh/obwUlTLPUJubf9 aGxrHmOYqIkuig8s5y/njcfgSnFdtQqM+dFj/BeWE3IEH6aeNaLW18RzjW++xOe0 3LmW1zRNzFkR9Df01ueVy0Zqo4rGFTO0pa9u3j46guRKeOFiY9yz0LlGpWpWqKNj OsEAAr/rpq8= =NViU Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:95850 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Fri Oct 9 15:29:35 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <907885823.9382@isc.org> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 22:30:23 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNh08/8JdOtO4janBAQFSYAQAizNxRnbm7N1kr0bHDAyVcVb75hIKdDiE nqjak9lcdwBZBb43ZLVxGfxAm8bVpW2foU3XkrGdJ2q7LoSm3wZ+knxixnqfSTyD K7ip3iu+xs905jHn91GNiDTqgnb9b0YHdry1Sn8iwIwGst/i5Vn3LvnwvXcwnOUE EFWkFyZXE8I= =MMOi Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:96097 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Oct 14 10:02:29 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <908379023.15943@isc.org> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:30:23 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNiTDj8JdOtO4janBAQErdwP/bMg3zWaek65K5FZ5RgvdAED1j0fkPEik 8jVzI1KmxiNlrWzo8hAmL7SDbawXYoqE+h676sez3Ly9Ms/Wg2fPjD31tYcEufUh b/Sqt5uevjQR2hsM4ad9hSCddBiXKcgc0pCeIXdQN+VZaUeAwKuXegEkVmCDDhqU XRNJSK5ufBE= =VMTJ Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:99642 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Mon Oct 26 15:56:01 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.corridex.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!206.172.150.11!news1.bellglobal.com!198.235.216.4.POSTED!not-for-mail From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender KfJoc20nJG6LZ50EhQ1jaScBcD6G9CtymyvVxpZYfm07ysAqouZKKDOPumzIcgyV 5COW3r3HxYNCuIM5v1DVxpF6pDBeXUAHuqbhfPBOGsahP0Z7iOW7UomkSLi4xt24 4VGPA9xFKDfHO7_crD16N6XB9iLbaqPrNxt39zE2gFefVI6q2vZN04g76WrHt6eh L77eVhkN1ZC= =QZWv X-No-Archive: Yes Lines: 8 Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:49:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.236.228.18 NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:49:32 EDT Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:102472 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 206:49 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 26 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Tue Oct 27 07:10:36 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <909497387.8084@isc.org> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:09:47 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNjXUK8JdOtO4janBAQEn3wP/S7MEpWIt/lCXq2vE0TTMZuF+Ah5ZCP95 QhY2LTCzd56EPrIQo+cvPkUZnP6DWzKc8DhWEjyAKefRcvhXTDE/86ChcyLtGhHr RcLBYaNDkRxshVLpSctVoUVNuWlnIc+i9YGziUeHrK+5B6t2xG6X09SpbYrryaSE cTBZutZJo9E= =4ocy Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:103786 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Thu Oct 29 17:02:50 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <909519141.7395@isc.org> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:12:21 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNjYpJsJdOtO4janBAQFCWgP+LAsA0UtQj4hAjuZn0hxNYm6C4kc02ttA Pd4pbtmvDhCmLLVcS5SSYW3MBQTik8VM30dmYzPyqaM0E1g/KL5oEjY/js4THLIn LwEHsykiWkcwGKKTcC6mC1ebYMueqQ6ekVvouTmaz3XW4m2IXNCqbS4pCmr1zl1z x68liJPq3+8= =VRJ1 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:104127 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sat Oct 31 21:14:44 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <4mNwkRLxG.Uz5k@isc.org> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 06:25:12 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender I0YFe4y4M1nb6Zc5WrQD3HnumIVYOhvk9rkP9Kxwasy2fMQODlngaJVyYvFAEfBl on7NLUbdEJdTg2Zq9yS1lYiSD3mn_SnshKY1jZOJeQdGc6vS3gRx8LG27sxpyrqL cET39AARUZ6ycpuvoMPJSWmVPaV64LzPOD42chvn3P59V1BOfMsrEd_AUVH4EJP9 BsS1abGy84Z= =f0Jc X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net X-Trace: 31 Oct 1998 19:35:12 -0500, cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.iswest.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.ott.rns.net!news.rns.net!news.cgocable.net!cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:111789 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 62:54 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 29 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 1 00:01:24 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 02:14:52 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender kd0gns7AjMxuY0mWbAv2D0GYbk9TttiliZb9cLwNgyW7jlEOmGKQn1JLSU9QCFRs oj_BMA7Q0dikNo2LU80DIJW8fPBiANpBX53kSQs0xVw71yfBHEUYx1uiCr0fCyac 3eca5EC8JECbak4O9xh3gdZvPA9FBFBird0jj8L3_0WZoRjx5bx7AImnQaVSagqY CuueP4qPd_c= =Nbaw X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net X-Trace: 31 Oct 1998 19:45:56 -0500, cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.netscape.com!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!192.26.210.166!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.ott.rns.net!news.rns.net!news.cgocable.net!cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:113087 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 323:46 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Tue Nov 3 09:07:03 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910031595.22058@isc.org> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:33:15 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNj367MJdOtO4janBAQHTGAP/QlJF/hbBIKNhPRpnoDPdvBUg8ooMho9J nhVOaWJmQsgiHCn2vJd92TGUILSnxIIPqJWcUvn3DeOTLZO/Vaz81OrezL6aCNBF u3URP02CL27lNRX8qM93Tp6EIY/QVDQLxHevFoLSrwct8Bre24e0utgtMfEoyihN Sze6y1BFE2Q= =/YQT Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:116151 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Tue Nov 3 14:35:44 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 20:50:47 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender MpvhP3QTmJM1FXiTA4IR6tzdwdiHuGsD6MzF9tNXMrKdBBEi3Jy922tpaiPjjcFN 7JeW3Ydfx3m4VGoos2gg7xt17oaLw46pXcegkRvibMI_eLh11nXXwNu04I5YT4uP H5HXwNGWqAPPoVYjToB3D_aLOJPfc2G0VuZvJBLXeqXddUHsGHIO24QYyRR8PxdF 7VjSWqSATmB= =rdEM X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net X-Trace: 1 Nov 1998 07:14:41 -0500, cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!decwrl!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!howland.erols.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.ott.rns.net!news.rns.net!news.cgocable.net!cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:117938 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 112:4 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 31 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Tue Nov 3 18:17:28 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:10:35 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender MQMAMigKi_VycSFY0ldKj1nBT5yWQrlOfX1NjfdcxTmevYKyjvsRDzqOGIdMujx2 naF79DycUDpbvDuSlzA19ctIixneKXyDnImpddL1w3cxhMPSCCP16oNbMRnuF_w9 0Yw2KSv2V7Kj0C2OyNlAQzrh86ly0COlAXwqrDPM2LRPeIq8bjJYMttnTXfb9rWn mD3yTbQmBoT= =BTO3 X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net X-Trace: 1 Nov 1998 07:47:33 -0500, cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!decwrl!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!howland.erols.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.ott.rns.net!news.rns.net!news.cgocable.net!cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:118752 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 253:22 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 31 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From tale@uunet.uu.net Tue Nov 3 19:46:36 1998 From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: The Cabal Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:19:02 GMT X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net X-Trace: 1 Nov 1998 08:08:59 -0500, cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Lines: 20 Path: news.isc.org!news1.digital.com!decwrl!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen.apl.jhu.edu!cpk-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.news.gtei.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.ott.rns.net!news.rns.net!news.cgocable.net!cgowave-76-43.cgocable.net Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:119412 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 198:52 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 31 Oct 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Wed Nov 4 20:15:25 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910102353.14154@isc.org> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:12:33 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNj8PUcJdOtO4janBAQHc3QP/ZLa/pJpMd39Bk7uicsALGDiVO8c8KYuh iD9yW26RNXUGihy5kypTfC1BlluZxu2sVrV3V+aJQqgkXec0p0Rg22QFdX6K9lNH O7LzuOtRYYwxEnHY0j/E28ORfneXHrSHbBAS+uw5gk9zPkFH2ndx/RdvthtAvq97 CEWFf0JVKbM= =9Hw4 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:120814 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Thu Nov 5 14:44:13 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910136454.15480@isc.org> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 23:40:54 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNj+Uh8JdOtO4janBAQFioAQAlq0mwak9tL1I4eLbK2l0D/u81Dwz+WzB kRFin4oMgP1FfYWvhtGDIKFV537PPovKosoQfKgnDzikY26hjow41jiQD0pV0EVc KMeS71Tr3E/7U8xhwMEC1zRGFtBl4dQK6ctcEp5VfSVnfUS+NXI7zW15TMieyu5c NAhpjLW5qIo= =9HU/ Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:121054 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Fri Nov 6 01:31:03 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910158045.29729@isc.org> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 05:40:45 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNj/o3cJdOtO4janBAQG2dQP/dHyL7C4b5Q7woEATV/5f1hS5os/Ca3nk 0COUntnR1gr8vsu1LoqfCd3Crt9sNxQRy+2Gpo2g3YFzHySGL3ue4sr22z4RG1dR LtHY1zajpFfr07bGSBqEeGyMsdB/0KA0Ckuk+vRQgPZb3bTxZSt7KlW71fgmK7gA hp3w3iS/Lhc= =B/mC Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:121628 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sat Nov 7 18:39:05 1998 Path: news.isc.org!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.netscape.com!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 19:23:52 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender SLwY7K6vNVxm9HUM8HsMwM_CqKufzUy5N7Q5caSUKgRJ0h_MxksBVQ_nRE7rg92M V45BotUyPNAlCFPPzk7dYe4ZIz47gpbrmx2mVZL_pHpqgx4uLmleOUsJcobrUMxq LI65V_l0bgaK9CmFW6ET97gnrcDvJSeYZXT_gTGb4m1t78kyMsN7I4EXahqZApm1 9P9GC44w6Pa= =B1kL X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:128232 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 251:28 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 7 Nov 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sat Nov 7 19:01:50 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!newsfeed.tli.de!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 03:48:30 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender IAYy0_fOf9fc4SfDoZnaScsHhOS6xQWZrOXf3cooSRdEvF3_Dx4dNPAJir7DunBU jyLDguDDM0qayvaKEn4fjDruXcd1EShTWHSo0m7D1ihnKZJAyBgPFTXgMFrWnvpx 6Qd_X6l4HJw6cePlTIsQ7VaMz86nz1ejNzVKmmeGbtWanwjRjyhnqQKUwJzjZ3Up BEgsl1GifXP= =XQbW X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:128664 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 128:9 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 6 Nov 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 8 08:37:30 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 08:11:51 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender A7Kie7z6YlYMSRbvy1dJlFzP9ougu3lnwSRyL1EnOxlAD9p_6R_Cgj5xzKh8Lt98 9_HBcf172cYeVStiKhcajLQtQPx3eHXNolB5K9bCnsMYQsh2CSEDwCgjWT90YQLo kj0HMzBibW0pVg2DNzvjwI8q0PHgE12sp1OqZ96SIxOxKZ5pMwn6__pZMpphdw5s 4Y7JgoVjTq8= =rrV9 X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:132690 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 104:43 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Nov 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 8 09:41:41 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!nntp3.crl.com!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news-a.ais.net!ais.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 06:15:58 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender bRFZmwJfRzBCRki4vWNnFTjOGzzSyhd1J8A4UwrNbS2xejYN9wLf9tLIZsab87Jg WcabA2ixZDaVcdZ_jFNdDiPtuERFcjzf7R0FWhfoxnVrcg1Nhls6Z2w95wGm86B2 wg0RIuFU1ofCAGF1A7SK5zorVPDxvxlGNckc9eQupHswRDbIN9enikYq6raP8rqF L4vRJBCQk50= =7cXu X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:134099 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 344:55 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 8 Nov 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 8 10:15:15 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.news.gtei.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 23:11:47 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender xvMNe7_xqDSWhzUEi2Dw1URFQzfOegP5Kd5sVHu9RpasZLB4zG0o_KFc792aiwoA zAwdSLpmENgQYg21o31Mz6Syierz05AXM6FvjYo4NuKFID6UgjIXXDf79zdmWSey ZdQv2pXu4h1z7Q72rr_oV6przx0ROMLQyeamQF9YHI9D9Qyf1oP2M_lQcf5KZfFM KZpB2bTZ_cf= =5XxW X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:134698 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 94:50 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Nov 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 8 10:16:59 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.news.gtei.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 02:51:58 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender xBMknoNbuvfhhUwquzZ50aHBLPghW43HBCSrLrnMwPLmYzT3btOrkKBgtCJjxgvz WY1W1xGe31wXW156iHvxQgH_JKCjRFtJ5lwwyFp7TkjpQuElVWFBRp_so1Y2gihw bNTN9j1mhYDtfOwkNFR8qen8oahJPJZgktgUIfEqcuKKt2p_xHnGwcJyuySSGwBu 30B5uecqmSq= =oAeH X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:134730 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 59:41 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 8 Nov 1998. 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David C Lawrence From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun Nov 8 10:46:11 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!news1.digital.com!su-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.alt.net!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!208.134.241.18!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 19:12:40 GMT Organization: The Cabal Lines: 20 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:135257 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 342:59 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 7 Nov 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, meow, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may be optionally discussed in news.groups. Please be sure that your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl is configured correctly: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in \${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:alt.*|biz.*|comp.*|earth.*|humanities.*|misc.*|news.*|meaw.*|rec.*|sci.*|soc.*|talk.*|us.*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 8 11:06:47 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.news.gtei.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 19:16:05 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender kv0CYQucGFT8bKfk4IRghfCBVJuabPCF4EX4YiGFIPe1yBHX3zw39NuCoU7wFDTT n_37PjdzVjx6j6AjW5DI2QmH6OvWbtGTsH2SOPK2f2MUM84aj4ygZrvdGgrcCqdB N2Quz0cfQIvjeP_uqrJn_OzBIg4wVOO1Ts0wKiN3fA7ucJysrrquVvfFC9iSr5aw PeY4B_14cdF= =HItX X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:135661 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 149:33 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 5 Nov 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 8 18:23:38 1998 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!sonysjc!sanjose-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.alt.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.219.220.6!news.nidlink.com!usenet From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 10:19:55 -0000 Organization: The Cabal Lines: 8 Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3d3-26.nidlink.com X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender db4FE6t49yhEGevZbzDSpm4bEhVBJfg6uesUe5sjPkR8UZ_zC_phvMuRPYzn9u8d f_QbrlHZt06bG9J7TpCfcXhG0nTB6X4pA40Qvcl2nMAOdMeCRAFk3bs05rHNhBJG MBBdlhQodCSzV00ljGHSTdMYpGvf7CZdqxMRDsVPO1X5ObwQopuON9Qiisv9NPXW gZMVZEwRfxK= =sG5A X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:144414 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 272:35 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 7 Nov 1998. 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David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Mon Nov 9 04:01:01 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910532254.19109@isc.org> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:37:35 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNkWeoMJdOtO4janBAQEomgP+O0UiPNj01/ZE7xz2QGw3ZE9q2j0xP/iO qGHInb11XEnv/pQdMablORJMVDn+Awd8O1em7+5jlAC2v4rZVgwT4kNEvREFQd86 WMXr5LZo7XWHwSSJXc21HFYVWzz/SgYlC/WotqGLmThXfblaYIeYGAXL7mYlRoxh R9+yLyQeHJc= =wtgy Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:147783 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Nov 11 07:56:08 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910623126.12958@isc.org> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 14:52:06 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNkcBlsJdOtO4janBAQESfAP+PFBxon0eB8pStwzAOIroszJIY2NaKI9y uwz8bMWmlRgx3Xt4G6S+bt3Zwj+4QHWl0xPLdAT7mmy2NCrxZH2dj5dkHPkkQB36 pRvasGpsFuI3N0Q02WGtRTu8JRpP5En79qIQriOtKSYUh6G1BxHGl5kzd0IaEegK rVpzmO3Z9mA= =zjHq Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:148234 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Wed Nov 11 20:13:18 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910649273.2021@isc.org> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 22:07:53 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNkdnucJdOtO4janBAQHvCgQAoKzzBs/n310gtJ2LBLzNFL/IZy5T/ApB 9104I497ybfJGFyuEDrH2N1LUduWPf720+utHHqC5puOcnJwnmHKiw6KJpoit/IQ 4MLu0gxqn/ODH1M981rp7F0Yp6ETkUaWndo0xydSu7Gab5L1qdi+Ak/ndto+uuUZ XY5RmXeAyBY= =NgR3 Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:148497 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Fri Nov 13 13:55:07 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910975748.16354@isc.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:49:08 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNkxjBcJdOtO4janBAQE23AP+IVzGdCOJtUY8JiHs3oNE2pPfTPuMsqMq DppSpDP5Dfz4YaXBb+nq1eTD1XAGXldPzfEZ8Ox7/hXz5LQJHuuXn/+9M7o/KD0C kCiQmSW/z0acOrqgEwwgb3Rsz12YDBCmHBqBrYPeqNWMq+NMGQ7hULmEgF96WyDt H6PwaU9wFGE= =cR6r Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:148783 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sat Nov 14 21:23:07 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <910997513.19533@isc.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:51:53 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNky4CcJdOtO4janBAQHCAQP+O2fUistsz1qq7QEdD+sfr3JbrE9+dItv tadluHhSgR9bUCS93ZkUC8qGfm4iCBvVnRRdvNOonrmeCOHgAsi2GzULA+pHo/w0 XIkJGb5E3CsMsKlQs4PnptmGMlCrfYkA951elNKOj2R+zT+nlQXM+QZ8vcOEiZ0t KVnfZTN4mQY= =FJni Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:149167 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Fri Nov 20 01:22:43 1998 From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Sender: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Organization: The Cabal Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:00:00 -0000 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender rk7iMUIoFRFM7YEqKgDofWhbUHVdO6KbNgGTwVTYMKAvaqrB04biAATDyQC_K3YW v6GdBMphe9VqYHM5i6v9zn0JWjQJlTdhWlh5LwF9x_GuqyMKraeKvrMsG4fz4tBq SN3_0q_PSW8jWPXFJgllY8k_iKE32IUxZxlDP8RJ8_EkfuGnLnfU2nZkr82aDNqp IFsQypBp2N3= =N1c3 X-No-Archive: Yes NNTP-Posting-Host: cgowave-59-235.cgocable.net X-Trace: 20 Nov 1998 01:21:58 -0500, cgowave-59-235.cgocable.net Lines: 8 Path: news.isc.org!data.pa.vix.com!hub.org!hub.org!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!tor-nx1.netcom.ca!news1.tor.metronet.ca!news.cgocable.net!cgowave-59-235.cgocable.net Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:153080 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 246:14 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 18 Nov 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). Meow! David C Lawrence From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 22 03:41:34 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <911702321.19646@isc.org> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 02:38:41 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNld5McJdOtO4janBAQF03QP8Cz5rGe8PF4a8FW+owmOP8F/fyU0tvcL7 eNjv1FGZZHDby7XSrMG4z0sgEpMmGachEU9OOlWVSQJFxfes/dj/w2rCJEyUIgQ8 MaLrUtUG1r6759Apfs8bRMIq9aAHfZV1AF1vHDf+kYenwdoKK6zz29FvmgG04LCf XH97mK8KcRU= =RG/H Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:154368 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 22 15:34:25 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <911724041.7930@isc.org> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 08:40:41 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNlfOCsJdOtO4janBAQHWbgP6A6bIgUW44Oa+J0Rx/3KoCjx4g0NHGX6t //bzGT5pC4w9aL9L4xoliYnPX5hL+XJmb3+9moeHsOfpztE8plxGOWFhodeszOXF Pf9E020JBW1564Z7PCLzp3Hh7LfUl0rp0qlSuwkaLoVQsZTYD9dQweRytXnwTbpJ zWtb+M254S4= =J9Iy Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:154633 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden. From group-admin@isc.org Sun Nov 29 03:29:42 1998 Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back From: group-admin@isc.org (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: rec.toys.transformers.moderated Subject: cmsg newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Control: newgroup rec.toys.transformers.moderated moderated Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org Message-ID: <912307236.19355@isc.org> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 02:40:36 -0000 Lines: 266 X-Info: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAwUBNmC0JMJdOtO4janBAQH25QP+LBg/fCU2W9w6tDvFZoGetVdC++hGIQx9 tEuWb5N/WLm0j40MaYZ7zblu6pMllLH4OeLdiURXdP+RPxTg/HtyVecX4MkHRNp4 k3d2C2hPROBRWEs8IX2O40qQwIPh4s5BGNwMyciWcADavbA2/MGCqvvHITn9L0O/ JvfFRknTPa8= =USmP Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:155135 rec.toys.transformers.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 153:47 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 30 Apr 1998. For your newsgroups file: rec.toys.transformers.moderated The robots from Cybertron (all). (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is primarily dedicated to discussion of all Transformers toy lines, the comic books, animated series, and all related material, be it books, magazines, television, movies, webpages, archives, chat areas, etc. To a lesser extent, insofar as they relate to Transformers, Transformers-related toy lines (Battle Beasts, etc.), other Hasbroverse toy line tie-ins, and other robot toy lines that do not have newsgroups specifically devoted to their fandom (GoBots, certain Japanese robot toy lines, etc.) are also considered on-topic here _as long as they maintain relevance to some facet of the Transformers under discussion_. In short, almost all types of post that were accepted on alt.toys.transformers will also be accepted here. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated does not exist to supplant or replace any other current or future Transformers discussion newsgroups, but rather to supplement them. This is intended to be a place where people can read and post without fear of getting spoiled by accident, a place where subjects can easily be killed or selected by use of subject-line tags, and, hopefully, a place where Beast Wars and "Classic" Transformers fans alike will be able to get along and have civil discussions. It is not our intent to force moderation upon anyone; there will always be unmoderated Transfandom groups for people to use if they don't care for moderation. We just want to provide the freedom of choice that comes with more and different alternatives. Each posting to rec.toys.transformers.moderated should include a keyword tag on the subject line either designating which toy line or related material to which the posting refers ([G1], [G2], [BW], etc.) or marking the general subject of the post ([ADMIN], etc.). If a submitted post does not have a tag, the moderator may add appropriate tags, but posters are encouraged to add tags themselves to save moderation work. A list of suggested keywords will be posted in a separate FAQ. Contributions are welcome from all who wish to engage in discussion of Transformers and related toy lines, related subjects, and outside sites pertaining thereunto--this includes but is not limited to toy lines, mass media (books, comics, magazines, movies, TV, etc.), webpages, IRC channels, WebChat rooms, MUDs/MUSEs/MUSHes/etc, RPGs, and computer games. Discussion on rec.toys.transformers.moderated may consist of such things as: * Discussions pertaining to toys, comic books, TV shows, and other Transformers-related material. * Properly-protected TV show/comic book/etc. spoilers. * Replies to requests for information. * Announcements of conventions, fandom resources, new mailing lists, webpages, or other newsgroups pertaining to the Transformers or related material. Rec.toys.transformers.moderated is NOT to be used for the following: * Posting of unprotected spoilers. * Advertising or sales of Transformers-related material of any kind (use rec.toys.transformers.marketplace instead). * Posting of fanfiction. * Posting of binaries (with the exception of PGP signatures and clear-signatures, which are allowed), HTML-formatted messages, or MIME attachments. However, notices of archives, webpages, or FTP sites dedicated to Transformers-related binaries are welcome, and should be used as alternatives to posting binary material. * Blatant trolls or other abusive material. * Posting of off-topic or excessively-crossposted material. * Posting of "test" messages. "Off-topic" refers to anything not pertaining to Transformers or other topical material (as defined in the first paragraph of this Charter). However, "on-topic" will be interpreted very broadly; almost anything that is not directly objectionable (by the criteria for disallowed posts given above) will be let through. Postings considered by the Usenet community to be 'spam' or similar forms of net-abuse are not permitted. This also includes blatant trolls (posts with primarily emotive content along the lines of " SUCKS!!!" with no attempt at justification, or "YOUR ALL FAGS GIT A LIFE" for example). The discussion in rec.toys.transformers.moderated is moderated. The moderation is not to censor or suppress discussion or controversy on any topic relevant to the group, but rather to filter out abuse, spam, unprotected spoilers, and posts sent to RTT.moderated by mistake. Save where MIME-encoding, HTML marked-up posts, >80 character line width, spoiler protection, and other issues of formatting are concerned, content or style will NEVER be altered by the moderators, whose sole purpose is to forward all appropriate postings to the group. All inappropriate postings will be returned in their entirety to the posters. Spoilers: In Transformers fandom, the term "spoilers" commonly refers to plot-related information that could "spoil" a story for someone who has not had a chance to read or view that story (be it an episode of a TV series, a comic book, a movie, or some other type of story) yet. In the past, a common problem on alt.toys.transformers has been the posting of unprotected spoilers to the newsgroup, particularly in subject lines such as "[character name] is dead!" or "[character name] is back!" This is bad because it removes the choice of whether or not to be spoiled from the reader, who many times would prefer to be completely surprised by what happens in the story. Posts to rec.toys.transformers.moderated may include spoilers, but the spoilers should have appropriate protection and warning, including the tag [Spoilers] in the subject line, and a pagebreak symbol (control-L) and/or 15-30 lines of space before the spoilers begin, and should _never_ be in the subject line. This will give readers their choice of going ahead and being spoiled, or of passing the article by until they have seen the episode in question. (This will be enforced most strictly on the most recent season of whatever Transformers show/comic book/etc. is in current release, and less strictly on spoilers for older works such as G1 episodes, G1 & G2 comic books, and 1st-season BW episodes; these have been around for long enough that they are assumed to have been seen or read already by the majority of the portion of the readership who would be concerned about them.) Fanfiction: Due to the increased exposure of rec groups, fanfiction will not be allowed on rec.toys.transformers.moderated (or any of the other rec.toys.transformers.* groups, for that matter). Our concern is that it might cause Hasbro, who has shown some hostility toward Transformers fanfiction in the past, to take additional notice of this aspect of Transformers fandom and possibly institute legal action. We would rather not risk harming fandom, and particularly fanfic writers, by increasing the likelihood of Hasbro lawsuits. Thus, fanfiction should not be posted anywhere within the rec.toys.transformers.* hierarchy. Moderation Policy: The moderators will try to ensure that the postings are free from gratuitous verbal abuse and personal attacks. Authorship is NOT a criterion for judgment; article content is the sole criterion. That said, it is not the business of the moderators to search out or remove illegal material, and the moderators cannot be held responsible for any postings to the group written by other persons. Articles for rec.toys.transformers.moderated must be relevant to the newsgroup charter. Articles should have a maximum line width of 80 characters, though a line width of 64-72 characters is suggested for new articles, as this allows the material to be easily quoted in follow-ups without reformatting line breaks. Articles should not be formatted in HTML code (as certain versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet News are known to post), nor should they be use MIME attachments. HTML-style emoticons, such as , are all right, however, as is the posting of URLs. The moderators are authorized to reject articles that do not meet the topical or formatting criteria given above, or to reformat misformatted messages so that they meet posting standards. Moderators may also reject posts, particularly long ones, that consist overwhelmingly of quoted material. "This is a test" posts, posts that add nothing substantial, and add new content only to the effect of 'me too', 'no', and the like, may also be rejected if they fail to serve the purpose of furthering discussion. Anyone whose article is rejected or modified will usually be mailed a brief note, consisting of a personally written note and/or a boilerplate response containing an explanation to inform him why his posting was rejected and what kind of adjustments he should consider making if he wishes to resubmit the article. (Though in the case of spam, the moderator should feel free to ignore it entirely.) If desired by the poster, further assistance or advice will be given by the moderators. Conversation, chat, and the mutual fun of the participants are all important. Off-topic threads that began as on-topic threads will not be rejected as long as they retain some periodic relevance. Moderators may insert subject line keywords or alter subject lines to reflect topic drift, but will reject chat-type posts only when they become completely irrelevant. Though messages may be reformatted by the moderators, they will _not_ be edited for content; they will be either accepted or rejected--it is up to the poster to decide to make any changes himself before resubmitting. Subject lines may be altered by the moderator only if he deems it necessary (ie, if the subject line includes a spoiler, the subject of the message thread has drifted away from the original subject line, etc.). Keyword [tags] may be added if necessary. Some approved messages may have a clearly delineated moderator's note appended to the end or beginning. Such moderator's notes will be used for administrative purposes only, never for interjection of personal comments. Crossposting between rec.toys.transformers.moderated and other newsgroups (including both moderated & unmoderated Transformers-related groups and non-Transformers-related groups) is permitted and even encouraged, so long as it is not excessively crossposted (ie, spammed) and does not violate the charter of the other newsgroups. (The moderators of rec.toys.transformers are not expected to ensure personally that every message is on-topic for every group, though they should at least try use their common sense in such matters.) However, whether to crosspost is entirely up to the person who submits the article. The moderators should try to ensure that a crossposted message is on-topic for each of the crossposted groups, and should consult with the moderation staff of any other moderated groups in the crosspost list if necessary. The moderators will _never_ alter articles' Newsgroups lines; if an article is excessively or off-topically crossposted, they will simply reject it. The complete text of all rejected articles (save perhaps for massive binaries) will be returned to the poster so that he may make any necessary adjustments himself before resubmitting it or posting it elsewhere. If new moderators are required, they are selected from among those responding to a request for volunteers posted in the newsgroup. Removal of an existing moderator is by the decision of the other active moderators. Commercial postings are prohibited, given the existence of a rec.toys.transformers.marketplace group for that very purpose. The moderators are authorized to reject postings which are commercial in nature and do not fit the criteria mentioned here and earlier in this document. NO specific individuals or groups are excluded from rec.toys.transformers.moderated (except on a post-by-post basis, the same as everyone else) nor will any specific individuals or groups be shown favoritism. To provide for the necessity of future changes, this charter may be amended or altered by a 2/3 vote of the currently active moderators. Cross-posting among groups is strongly discouraged, unless the topic overlaps the intended content of more than one newsgroup, however cross-posting to rec.toys.transformers.discuss and rec.toys.transformers.moderated is strongly encouraged. Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual or organized group (either by accident or design) will not be tolerated. Ads/posts that are materially the same should be posted at a frequency of no more than once per week (news sites keep articles for seven to ten days). Attempts to disrupt the groups with malicious, slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be tolerated. Flame wars, encrypted messages, HTML-encoded posts & completely off-topic discussions will not be tolerated. Binary files (or request for them), test posts(use alt.test) and spam (or other off-topic commercial posts), are expressly forbidden.